Last night turned out to be a mini-nightmare for Hudson the wonder dog. I've mentioned before how my brave Airedale's fear of thunder and explosions also applies to the chirp of a smoke alarm that needs new batteries. This turned into a problem when one of the plotlines in last night's episode of Modern Family involved being unable to locate a smoke detector making such a chirp, so the episode featured the sound throughout, which freaked her out more each time it happened, even after turning the volume way down. If the episode had gone any longer than it did we would have just given up and shut it off. Luckily we don't generally watch reruns.

Might as well say Escape From LA is better than EFNY. Or Conan the Destroyer is better than CTB. RIDICULOUS.

And Two Towers jumped the shark by placing way, wayyyyy too much emphasis on action over narrative. Yes, it was a good "Hollywood" movie and no doubt helped cement LOTRs mainstream popularity, but I far and away consider Fellowship the best realization of Tolkien mythos.

On that note...

Gandalf the Grey battles Saruman at Isengard, and they are using their staves to hurl each other about. Gandalf the White only ever enchants his staff with +1 light radius throughout the other movies. What gives? Does Force Push only work on other wizards? Wizard my ass.